Database/Skin Conditioning/Castanea Sativa Flower Extract
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Castanea Sativa Flower Extract natural?

Yes. Extract of chestnut flowers; entirely plant-derived skin-conditioning agent.

INCI nameCastanea Sativa Flower Extract
CAS84695-99-8
FunctionSkin Conditioning
FeedstockObtained by extracting the flowers of the sweet…

How we scored it

Whole botanical extract; this site's convention rates plant extracts 1.0.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Obtained by extracting the flowers of the sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa). No alternative synthetic route exists.

In plain English

A plant extract from chestnut tree flowers used to condition skin. It comes directly from the flowers with no synthetic processing beyond extraction.

CosIng definition: Castanea Sativa Flower Extract is the extract of the flowers of the Chestnut, Castanea sativa, Fagaceae

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2CASTANEA SATIVA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3CASTANEA SATIVA FLOWER EXTRACT. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=CASTANEA%20SATIVA%20FLOWER%20EXTRACT